Family · Monocots
Alismataceae
Water plantains
Aquatic and marsh herbs with whorled flowers and often arrow-shaped emergent leaves.
- Accepted species
- 123accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 18accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈40 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Genera
Sagittaria44 spp.
Aquarius26 spp.
Alisma13 spp.
Damasonium6 spp.
Hydrocleys5 spp.
Albidella4 spp.
Baldellia3 spp.
Caldesia3 spp.
Helanthium3 spp.
Limnophyton3 spp.
Wiesneria3 spp.
Echinodorus2 spp.
Limnocharis2 spp.
Ranalisma2 spp.
Astonia1 spp.
Burnatia1 spp.
Butomopsis1 spp.
Luronium1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America52
- Northern America47
- Asia-Temperate25
- Europe20
- Asia-Tropical19
- Africa18
- Australasia6
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Alismataceae sits in the order Alismatales.